Postcode · Tunbridge Wells
Crime in TN4 9AA
How much crime is recorded in TN4 9AA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Southborough West
- Council
- Tunbridge Wells
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,774 (2024)
TN4 9AATunbridge Wells
How safe is TN4 9AA
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 15.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the TN4 9AA area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
15.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
28
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
TN4 9AANational
Violence and sexual offences13.223.6
Anti-social behaviour6.110.7
Burglary4.99.1
Criminal damage and arson2.34.7
Other theft2.14.5
Vehicle crime1.03.5
Drugs0.82.4
Shoplifting0.78.4
Public order0.54.6
Other crime0.41.5
Possession of weapons0.20.9
Bicycle theft0.01.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 27% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.